My little Iz got sick right before we came out here to AR. She was put on Septra, and after 6 days on it she developed a severe rash. The rash spread all over her face, so Thursday I took her to urgent care. They told me to stop the antibiotics (which I had) and give her benedryl (which I had)
The next day she woke up and her little eyes were almost swollen shut. I took her to the er (who by the way told me she looked fine (WTH), and that I should take her to her regular dr ( uhm yeah let me just fly home and do that) they then told me I could take her to the urgent clinic (which opened at 9:30 and it wasn't even 8 yet!
So they sent me to the front desk and told me I cold either wait 2 hours or let the ER treat her but they would charge me 50.00 deposit since it wasn't an "actual emergency" Uhm whatever....they ended up seeing her anyway after I threw a fit, and they gave her a shot and she was much better...
Until Sat AM that is....on Sat her rash started spreading and so I called both her ped clinic AND my own family dr (meaning my cousin) and they BOTH said she needed to take some oral steroids....so We take her back to the ER....they of course won't see her again (oh did I mention that I heard one of the nurses mention that they hadn't had a patient all night )
So we went back to the walk in clinic and saw a WONDERFUL dr who agreed she needed to be on an oral steroid and sent her home with enough to last till Monday and then we would have to travel AGAIN to fill the darn prescription because there isn't a place that fills them in that town on Sunday's
That's all I am going to say about it .... and trust me I could say PLENTY more, but just thinking of it makes my blood boil to the point I might dig out some stationary and write the Board of the Mena hospital and the local paper about their foolishness (and trust me several people I have talked to since then have echoed my same sentiments.
But now she is doing a little better, the rash is no longer spreading, but everywhere she has the rash she is now peeling....so keep your fingers crossed...I really don't want to have to travel on Friday with a sick kid.
February 8, 2009
February 4, 2009
Little men and big cars
Today I went back to the Lab to get a second round of blood drawn. I load up the kids and head to the hospital. After we got done, I loaded them back up in the car, backed up, stopped, and put the car in drive. Before I could move ...WHAM... a car backs up and hits my tahoe. I put the tahoe in park and the guy jumps out of his tahoe screaming and yelling at me. I proceed to pick up my phone and dial 911. The guy starts out saying I hit him until he looks and then realizes that no, he hit me. The police arrived and said yep he was at fault, did a report, and I was on my way. I guess the little guy thought if he yelled at me enough I'd just say oh well, lets just forget about it, but no, him yelling at me made me mad.
We are now playing a waiting game. Hopefully soon we will find out if this little pumpkin is sticking...keep your fingers crossed!
We are now playing a waiting game. Hopefully soon we will find out if this little pumpkin is sticking...keep your fingers crossed!
February 3, 2009
Go Team Go!
Today Andrew found a small ball and was kicking it around the kitchen. Isabel came running into the room and yelled GO TEAM GO! She even made some little pumping action with her right arm. It was Soooo cute. I have no idea where she got it, but it sure caused us a lot of laughs.
Today is the second full day of being in Arkansas. We really didn't do much at all today. The kids of course ran like tornados around my parents non-babyproofed house, and I spent most of the day moving dangerous objects into closets. By the time we leave my mom will have no idea where half her stuff is.
Tomorrow I am going to meet Robin in Mena for lunch and do my mom's grocery shopping for her.
I talked to Mike today. He always says he is going to enjoy 2 weeks of having the house to himself, but usually after the first day he is bored out of his mind. He said today that the house is so cold and lonely without us there :( (It kinda makes me feel glad I am missed)
I had tons I wanted to write about today, but Ms Iz decided to wake at 1am and I didn't fall asleep again till 3am and so I am exhausted!
Till next time!
Today is the second full day of being in Arkansas. We really didn't do much at all today. The kids of course ran like tornados around my parents non-babyproofed house, and I spent most of the day moving dangerous objects into closets. By the time we leave my mom will have no idea where half her stuff is.
Tomorrow I am going to meet Robin in Mena for lunch and do my mom's grocery shopping for her.
I talked to Mike today. He always says he is going to enjoy 2 weeks of having the house to himself, but usually after the first day he is bored out of his mind. He said today that the house is so cold and lonely without us there :( (It kinda makes me feel glad I am missed)
I had tons I wanted to write about today, but Ms Iz decided to wake at 1am and I didn't fall asleep again till 3am and so I am exhausted!
Till next time!
February 2, 2009
We're here!
We left Saturday am before the sun came up. The whole trip I was super car sick. We stopped for lunch in Augusta, GA at Famous Daves. Ugh it smelled soo good, but at the same time I had to choke down most of my meal...
So we get to Alabama and meet my parents (for those of you who do not know, Mike drives me to meet my parents in Alabama, we stay the night and then Mike drives their car home and we take our SUV back to Arkansas. I "know" I'd be ok driving half-way across country with the kids by myself (plus onstar) but It IS a lot nicer to have someone take a turn driving :)
We meet my parents and decide to have chinese for dinner. I still felt sick, so I convinced Mike to take me to the store to get a test to see. We left the kiddos with my parents in the hotel and drove to Target to get a test plus some snacks since my little monsters cleaned us out on the drive down. So we get back to the hotel. The test I grabbed was a stinking digital test. I hate those. You HAVE to wait till IT is ready to tell you....you can't watch to see if the line is there, you can't squint to see if there is a line coming in...nope, it's just blunt and to the point.
After 3 long minutes it gave me the answer...Yes +....so looks like we'll be having a little pumpkin in October :)
So we get to Alabama and meet my parents (for those of you who do not know, Mike drives me to meet my parents in Alabama, we stay the night and then Mike drives their car home and we take our SUV back to Arkansas. I "know" I'd be ok driving half-way across country with the kids by myself (plus onstar) but It IS a lot nicer to have someone take a turn driving :)
We meet my parents and decide to have chinese for dinner. I still felt sick, so I convinced Mike to take me to the store to get a test to see. We left the kiddos with my parents in the hotel and drove to Target to get a test plus some snacks since my little monsters cleaned us out on the drive down. So we get back to the hotel. The test I grabbed was a stinking digital test. I hate those. You HAVE to wait till IT is ready to tell you....you can't watch to see if the line is there, you can't squint to see if there is a line coming in...nope, it's just blunt and to the point.
After 3 long minutes it gave me the answer...Yes +....so looks like we'll be having a little pumpkin in October :)
January 30, 2009
Packing - take 2
Well I somehow managed to get the kids packed despite a sore cheek (dentist yesterday) and a migraine .
Tonight is round 2 of packing. I have no idea if I even have enough clean clothes for me for a week, I guess if I don't I will just have to take dirty and wash them there :) Ohhh maybe I could have mom wash them for me....its been forever since she's done that.
The next time you'll hear from me I'll be on the road or actually in Arkansas.
Whoo Hoo
Tonight is round 2 of packing. I have no idea if I even have enough clean clothes for me for a week, I guess if I don't I will just have to take dirty and wash them there :) Ohhh maybe I could have mom wash them for me....its been forever since she's done that.
The next time you'll hear from me I'll be on the road or actually in Arkansas.
Whoo Hoo
Packing
I hate to pack, wait let me rephrase that, I hate to pack a suitcase when I am crunched for time. I mean I normally like to pack when things are orderly...but the last few days (see previous post) and the fact last weekend we went out of town...well I "just know" I am going to forget something. I am even to tired to may a mental list in my head...the second I think about something else...bam my list disappears and I have to start all over again!.
So instead I am watching Lazy Town on tv....which could be another blog in itself...I mean come on a tv show about a town that was lazy from watching too much tv/video games....isn't that a little ironic?
Don't worry, I'll get things packed, we'll leave on time (or shortly thereafter) and the trip will go great...now if we can only get it to snow some while there in Arkansas.
So instead I am watching Lazy Town on tv....which could be another blog in itself...I mean come on a tv show about a town that was lazy from watching too much tv/video games....isn't that a little ironic?
Don't worry, I'll get things packed, we'll leave on time (or shortly thereafter) and the trip will go great...now if we can only get it to snow some while there in Arkansas.
January 29, 2009
4 hours in the ER
Yesterday our 2.5 year old Isabel (Iz) started running a fever around noon, so at 1 I gave her some motrin and she seemed to look better. At 5 she looked sick again so I took her temp and it was 102.6, so I called the nurse line to see if she might need to be seen today, mainly because we are going to be traveling this weekend and eveyone knows its no fun to travel while sick.
The advice nurse said she had no open appointments for today, but if her fever was still present in the am call back and see if any opened up, otherwise if her temp rose over 104 go ahead and come to the ER.
At 10 I went to her room to give her tylenol and discovered she was burning up. I took her temp and it was 105. So we loaded up and went to the ER.
We sat and sat, which was kinda odd since the waiting room had very few people in it. The Naval Hospital is supposed to have this "fast track" system where "urgent but not deathly" people are seen by one dr, and true emergencies are serviced by another. Apparently this usually is supposed to run 9pm -9am, but this night (of course its the night we go) they decided to run it midnight - noon.
We are finally seen at 12:30 and the Dr looks her over. He said her ears, nose, throat all look clear, nothing in the lungs, so it's probably just a fever virus. He then asks id she had any urinary problems. I said no, well the last few days she would tell me she was wet, and when I'd go to change her she would be dry....then later she would fill her diaper in less than 5 minutes. He asked if we could get her to pee in a cup....no go...so they had to cath her. I felt sooo bad as they were doing it. They brought in another nurse to hold her legs, and I had to hold her hands. It was soo sad lookig into her eyes as she was crying NO! I kept thinking "I feel so bad about even bringing it up, if she's not sick I am going to feel even more guilty"
After they were done they brought her a popsicle and she stopped crying. About 15 minutes later the Dr came in and said he was really glad I mentioned the peeing stuff because he was going to just send us home to rotate tylenol and motrin, but turns out she had a very bad bladder infection. So he wanted to give her a shot immediately, have her take 10 days of antibiotics and then come in 2-3 weeks to be re-checked. At that point I was soo glad I mentioned the peeing even if it never even occured to me that she was sick.
The nurse then came back in with a shot about the size of those you vaccinate cattle with. I swear the needle was 3 inches long. Iz started crying, they had to bring in Mr strong nurse in to hold her down...and it took the nurse forever to get all of the medicine into her little heiny.
She was soo upset. I was so upset. All I could do is hold her and rock her and tell her she's going to be ok. The nurse came back in and gave her a popsicle and she ate it while crying.
We finally got out of there and on the road. Mike mentioned we needed to get gas b/c the low fuel light was on. So about 1 mile from the gas station guess what....that's right, we ran out of gas. We had to call road-side assistance, the guy came and brought us gas (and once he heard we had been at the ER since 10:30, and it was now 2:45 he gave us the gas for free. )
We finally made it home, by this time I had a migraine and barely slept at all....some from the pain, but mostly because I was still worried about Iz.
This am, we had a bout with the fever, but this afternoon/night she is doing LOTS better. The Dr cleared her to travel, so we'll once again be hitting the road.
The advice nurse said she had no open appointments for today, but if her fever was still present in the am call back and see if any opened up, otherwise if her temp rose over 104 go ahead and come to the ER.
At 10 I went to her room to give her tylenol and discovered she was burning up. I took her temp and it was 105. So we loaded up and went to the ER.
We sat and sat, which was kinda odd since the waiting room had very few people in it. The Naval Hospital is supposed to have this "fast track" system where "urgent but not deathly" people are seen by one dr, and true emergencies are serviced by another. Apparently this usually is supposed to run 9pm -9am, but this night (of course its the night we go) they decided to run it midnight - noon.
We are finally seen at 12:30 and the Dr looks her over. He said her ears, nose, throat all look clear, nothing in the lungs, so it's probably just a fever virus. He then asks id she had any urinary problems. I said no, well the last few days she would tell me she was wet, and when I'd go to change her she would be dry....then later she would fill her diaper in less than 5 minutes. He asked if we could get her to pee in a cup....no go...so they had to cath her. I felt sooo bad as they were doing it. They brought in another nurse to hold her legs, and I had to hold her hands. It was soo sad lookig into her eyes as she was crying NO! I kept thinking "I feel so bad about even bringing it up, if she's not sick I am going to feel even more guilty"
After they were done they brought her a popsicle and she stopped crying. About 15 minutes later the Dr came in and said he was really glad I mentioned the peeing stuff because he was going to just send us home to rotate tylenol and motrin, but turns out she had a very bad bladder infection. So he wanted to give her a shot immediately, have her take 10 days of antibiotics and then come in 2-3 weeks to be re-checked. At that point I was soo glad I mentioned the peeing even if it never even occured to me that she was sick.
The nurse then came back in with a shot about the size of those you vaccinate cattle with. I swear the needle was 3 inches long. Iz started crying, they had to bring in Mr strong nurse in to hold her down...and it took the nurse forever to get all of the medicine into her little heiny.
She was soo upset. I was so upset. All I could do is hold her and rock her and tell her she's going to be ok. The nurse came back in and gave her a popsicle and she ate it while crying.
We finally got out of there and on the road. Mike mentioned we needed to get gas b/c the low fuel light was on. So about 1 mile from the gas station guess what....that's right, we ran out of gas. We had to call road-side assistance, the guy came and brought us gas (and once he heard we had been at the ER since 10:30, and it was now 2:45 he gave us the gas for free. )
We finally made it home, by this time I had a migraine and barely slept at all....some from the pain, but mostly because I was still worried about Iz.
This am, we had a bout with the fever, but this afternoon/night she is doing LOTS better. The Dr cleared her to travel, so we'll once again be hitting the road.
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